The Dagestan Republican Investigations Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia has launched a probe into former Director-General of Rychal-Su Mineral Waters Plant OJSC. He is suspected of committing an offense under Paragraph B of Part 2 of Article 199 of the Criminal Code of Russia (tax and fines evasion on an especially large scale).

The investigation established that, in 2016, the suspect, being engaged in the bottling of mineral water, had avoided paying over 170 million rubles of taxes through the submission of tax declarations with forged data.

The detection of the crime was directly assisted by the Federal Security Service of Russia and the Dagestan Republican Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The investigation will include a seizure and examination of the company’s financial documents, and a financial and economic examination to determine the exact sum of unpaid taxes.

The investigative process will include all measures of compensation for the inflicted damage, provided for by the law in force.

At the moment, the investigation is conducting a complex of investigative activities to prove the evidence of the suspect’s guilt. The criminal investigation is ongoing.